{"id":467481,"date":"2026-09-01T07:38:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=467481"},"modified":"2026-09-01T07:38:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:38:43","slug":"new-yorks-new-solar-religion-is-absolutely-devastating-to-wildlife-farmland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=467481","title":{"rendered":"New York\u2019s New Solar Religion Is Absolutely Devastating To Wildlife, Farmland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-attachment-id=\"467482\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=467482\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0-ChatGPT-New-Yorks-New-Solar-Religion-Is-Absolutely-Devastating-To-Wildlife-Farmland.png?fit=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"0 ChatGPT  New York\u2019s New Solar Religion Is Absolutely Devastating To Wildlife, Farmland\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0-ChatGPT-New-Yorks-New-Solar-Religion-Is-Absolutely-Devastating-To-Wildlife-Farmland.png?fit=840%2C560&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0-ChatGPT-New-Yorks-New-Solar-Religion-Is-Absolutely-Devastating-To-Wildlife-Farmland.png?resize=840%2C560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-467482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0-ChatGPT-New-Yorks-New-Solar-Religion-Is-Absolutely-Devastating-To-Wildlife-Farmland.png?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0-ChatGPT-New-Yorks-New-Solar-Religion-Is-Absolutely-Devastating-To-Wildlife-Farmland.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0-ChatGPT-New-Yorks-New-Solar-Religion-Is-Absolutely-Devastating-To-Wildlife-Farmland.png?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0-ChatGPT-New-Yorks-New-Solar-Religion-Is-Absolutely-Devastating-To-Wildlife-Farmland.png?resize=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0-ChatGPT-New-Yorks-New-Solar-Religion-Is-Absolutely-Devastating-To-Wildlife-Farmland.png?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/co2coalition.org\/2026\/08\/31\/new-yorks-new-solar-religion-is-absolutely-devastating-to-wildlife-farmland\/\">CO2 Coalition<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Vijay Jayaraj<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drive from Buffalo into Genesee County and you will pass fields that have grown corn and soybeans for generations. Soon, thousands of those acres will be covered by steel and glass. New York state is forcing industrial-scale solar plants onto rural communities that never asked for them, and the people who live there are discovering just how little their voice counts when a governor decides differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Mandate Behind the Mess<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New York is tearing up rural communities, wiping out wildlife sanctuaries, and burying prime agricultural soil under solar installation in the name of green energy. The root of this campaign is New York\u2019s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) of 2019, which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climate.ny.gov\/resources\/scoping-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demands<\/a>&nbsp;that renewable sources supply 70% of the state\u2019s electricity, that greenhouse gas emissions fall 40% below 1990 levels, and that the state build at least 3,000 megawatts of storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The footprint of the 18 solar power plants is staggering. The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/25\/us-news\/resistance-grows-against-new-yorks-18-planned-solar-farms-locals-say-ruin-land-kill-animals-and-wont-create-much-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cider Solar Farm in Genesee County will cover 4,000 acres<\/a>, and the Ridge View Solar Farm in Niagara County will take another 2,000. Both were pushed through over the strong objections of the people who farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Destroy Wildlife and Redact Key Information<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What becomes of the animals living where these panels will sit? The Fort Edward project targets land inside a Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) grassland and bird sanctuary. DEC documents describe the area as critical for breeding grassland birds and wintering raptors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The site hosts the short-eared owl, a bird so rare that the Grassland Bird Trust counts fewer than 50 breeding pairs in New York. The northern harrier, listed as threatened, hunts there. Fifteen species of reptiles and amphibians already of concern to biologists will lose their homes. These are key indicator species wildlife specialists monitor to judge ecosystem health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You would expect a state that prides itself on environmental leadership to publish this information without hesitation. Instead, residents who filed Freedom of Information requests for an agency report on the Fort Edward site received a document so heavily blacked out that one local compared it to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/25\/us-news\/resistance-grows-against-new-yorks-18-planned-solar-farms-locals-say-ruin-land-kill-animals-and-wont-create-much-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">redactions in the Epstein files<\/a>. Why does a government agency need to hide a solar project\u2019s effect on endangered owls?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Governor Kathy Hochul created the Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission specifically to override the objections of the towns and counties in its path. Critics say the agency exists to cut through red tape, sideline environmental review, and neutralize local pushback so projects move forward regardless of what residents want. That is silencing the communities the state claims to be protecting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Federal Reckoning Arrives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By 2026, even New York\u2019s own climate agenda had begun to buckle under the weight of its contradictions, forcing Governor Hochul into a March recalibration of the CLCPA that acknowledged the complaints of rural communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then came a rebuke from Washington. U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, and Small Business Administration head Kelly Loeffler jointly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/21\/us-news\/feds-slam-hochul-push-for-ny-solar-farms-on-brand-elitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">challenged New York\u2019s approval of solar projects on productive farmland<\/a>, criticizing the state for not applying federal standards in evaluating its farmland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And here is the contradiction that should embarrass every official who signed off on the policy. Hochul announced a moratorium of up to a year on new data centers that draw more than 50 megawatts, which typically occupy 15 to 40 acres. Meanwhile, New York has already parked solar complexes on approximately 11,000 acres of federally certified prime farmland and wildlife habitats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Centuries ago, South American civilizations offered land, crops, and sometimes human lives to appease gods they believed controlled the climate. New York has updated the ritual for a modern audience. It has built altars of solar farms and appointed a priesthood of bureaucrats who redact the evidence of their policies\u2019 destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A government convinced it can control the climate by conquering the countryside is not practicing science. It is imposing an ideology on a citizenry that pays the tribute in property and quality of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally published at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycallernewsfoundation.org\/2026\/08\/29\/opinion-new-york-solar-panels-wildlife-farmland-kathy-hochul-vijay-jayaraj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Daily Caller<\/em><\/a>, August 29, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Vijay Jayaraj is a Science and Research Associate at the&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/co2coalition.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>CO2 Coalition<\/em><\/a><em>, Fairfax, Virginia. He holds an M.S. in environmental sciences from the University of East Anglia and a postgraduate degree in energy management from Robert Gordon University, both in the U.K., and a bachelor\u2019s in engineering from Anna University, India. He served as a research associate with the Changing Oceans Research Unit at University of British Columbia, Canada.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From CO2 Coalition By Vijay Jayaraj Drive from Buffalo into Genesee County and you will pass fields that have grown corn and soybeans for generations. Soon, thousands of those acres will be covered by steel and glass. New York state is forcing industrial-scale solar plants onto rural communities that never asked for them, and the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=467481\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New York\u2019s New Solar Religion Is Absolutely Devastating To Wildlife, 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